This year’s Southern Bluefin Tuna (SBT) harvest in Australia has been the shortest and one of the best ever in the country. Brian Jeffriess, Chief Executive Officer of Australian Southern...
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Bumble Bee Seafoods Considering Bankruptcy
Bumble Bee Seafoods LLC is considering bankruptcy filing in order to ease its financial woes from price-fixing charges and alleged loan defaults, according to Bloomberg. A...
Thai Union Profits In Q2 From Low Raw Material Prices
The performance figures for the second quarter of 2019 of one of the biggest players in the tuna business, Thai Union, are out. While the company managed to make some profit, it...
Senegalese Seiner Detained In Angola Freed
A Senegalese tuna seiner that was detained in Angola for over a month due to procedural bungling has been freed by authorities. Last Saturday, Angolan officials let the purse seiner leave the...
Multi-Stakeholder Senegal Pole-And-Line FIP Launched
The Pole-and-Line Tuna Fishery Improvement Project (FIP) in Senegal was officially launched on August 5, 2019. This is about 20 months after a Memorandum of Understanding...
US To Renew Treaty With Pacific Islands In Move To ‘Contain’ China
The US is making moves to maintain its strategic economic and military influence in the Pacific. On Monday, Mike Pompeo, US Secretary of State, visited the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM)...
Spanish Canners Increasing Supply To Dutch Hub
For many markets, the Netherlands serves as a logistics and distribution gateway to enter the old continent. Many producers who want to reach Central European...
Judge Rules US Gov’t Can Exclude Boatowners From Tuna Study
A US federal judge has ruled that the NMFS’s action was ultimately reasonable though it 'hurt' a tuna group from participating in a scientific study that will shape future...
EU Alerts: High Levels Of Mercury In Tuna In Italy
During the month of July, six tuna-related incidents were reported to the Regulatory Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) of the EU. Italy notified two cases...
Good 2018 WCPO Skipjack Catches Crucial For Global Industry
The skipjack catch in the WCPO region has continued to grow over the years due to an increase in the purse seine efficiency and this is reflected in last year’s figures. The...
Atuna Poll: When Will MSC Become Mainstream For Private Label Tuna?
In late July, Aldi Belgium (part of Aldi Nord company) switched its price entry skipjack assortment to MSC-certified tuna, which is retailing at a low price of EUR 1.19 (USD 1.33)....
Readers: Bolton Most Likely To Take Over Clover Leaf Seafood
More than 80 percent of Atuna readers expect Italian conglomerate, Bolton Group, to take over the Clover Leaf Seafood Co. The Canadian canned tuna company, which is a subsidiary...
The Tuna Species WWF Wants You To Avoid
The word endangered is easily and too frequently used when discussing the state of many tuna species throughout the different oceans. The WWF has released an updated guide that...
Shortcomings In Italian And Portuguese Tuna Controls
Last year, DG Sante audited control procedures by local authorities in Portugal and Italy to ensure that there were no breaches in the EU food safety rules involving...
Four-Day Rescue Effort For Tuna Vessel By US Coast Guard
It took the US Coast Guard Crew of the Columbia River sector four days to safely moor the Ruby Lily in Yaquina Bay, US. The problem for the 41-ton vessel started 116 miles west of Newport...
Family Owned Sirena Up For Auction
The Valmorbidas family, owners of the Australian canned tuna brand, Sirena, are looking to sell their famous yellow-labeled brand. They are expecting to get at least AUD 300 million (USD...
Mozambican Tuna Bond Scandal Enters New Chapter
The Mozambican USD 2 billion debt scandal is turning into a messy affair. Mozambique is now suing Iskandar Safa, Chief Executive Officer of Privinvest, an Abu Dhabi-based shipbuilder, for...
Thailand Manages To Reign In Sweden, Despite High Tariff
While Denmark and Norway's tuna appetite decreased last year, their Nordic sister, Sweden, did not join them in this trend. The demand for canned tuna peaked in 2018 with 6,720 M/T of the...
Longliners Catch In WCPO Remains Level In 2018
The tuna longlining sector within the Western Pacific Ocean (WPO) in 2018 landed almost the same volume of total catch as from previous years despite the continuous fall in vessel numbers...
China Building 2 New Tuna Purse Seiners For WCPO
China will soon be adding two new tuna purse seiners to its fleet in the Western Pacific waters. Mawei Shipbuilding and Zhongshui Company are working in cooperation on the project. The seiners...
